Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage)

Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage) (1982)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
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Le Beau Marriage, aka The Perfect Marriage, is the second of Eric Rohmer's "Comedies et Proverbes". Beatrice Romand (the adolescent star of Rohmer's Claire's Knee, now nicely grown up) impulsively decides that Andre Dussolier-whom she barely knows--would make an ideal husband. Now she must convince… More

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PG, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Eric Rohmer
Written By
Eric Rohmer
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1982 Wide
On DVD
Jun 15, 1999
Media Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    A comedy in the classic sense.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The scope of Le Beau Mariage is limited, but everything within it is well-defined and magically, unexpectedly, illuminating.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's the kind of soft film that Chabrol would turn into a thriller, while smearing the bourgeois lifestyle.

  • Tom Milne, Time Out

    Acutely exact both psychologically and socially.

  • Dan Callahan, ToxicUniverse.com

    You might be surprised to discover that watching Rohmer's films consistently actually improves your own moral character, or at least alerts you to the possibility of change.

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  • Anthony L


    I think the big problem with this instalment (the 2nd) of Rohmer's Comedies et Proverbes is that it isn't particularly funny. Beatrice Romand was much more likable as a child, I found her character to be quite annoying, perhaps this was intentional but for all the… More

  • Anthony V


    An interesting study on the hazards of adopting a moral code.

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